The Magic of the Tarot

The Magic of the Tarot

As the amazing Doreen Virtue put it, "Cards are a no-brainer way to talk to Heaven." I see them as a shortcut to the chase for enlightenment -- we ask for guidance via a specific set of 78 images rather that waiting to complete our catalog of coincidences, found objects, dreams and other signs. The are an instrument of our intuition, and an open vessel for the symbols and synchronicities that we receive as messages from our Divine Source.

They can offer guidance and comfort about:

Your Path and Purpose in this Incarnation

Where You Are Blocked

The Meaning of Dreams

Guides and Loved Ones in Spirit

People in Your Life

Where to Find Joy

...and more (read on at the bottom of the page.)

Love and Light,

Linda

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Shame Blame Fame Game

If you got through childhood and adolescence without a shred of shattering self-doubt, you were likely raised by magical wolves until you were 18 and then accepted directly into Harvard. In my case, it was a level of abandonment followed by no adult putting into context bad behavior by family members, leaving me to assume guilt by association, but it can range from severe physical abuse, to dealing with addiction, to being gifted with the attribution "the not so smart one," ( "I can't do.") or for that matter "the smart one." ("I should do better.").

Now that we have the chance to grow up and out, forces around us try to hold us in that box for their own purposes. Bosses are happy to feed your feelings of inadequacy and pay you less, complainers love to bitch and moan and have company for their misery, "helpers" of all kinds like to help you identify with your negative emotions and bad habits to keep you in their loop. Which of course, drags down your energy even further. As long as we present these buttons to be pushed, we never stop blaming ourselves and believing there is no escape, no healing possible.

The advertising industry has manipulated insecurity and anxiety forever, watch a few commercials and you must conclude that you are smelly, too fat, not enjoying sex and living in a germy home - until you give their client too much money for what they have to offer, and Madison Avenue gets a big fat piece of the action. Even more insidious is a later development, caller "reality" programming.

Flip through the cable guide, if you dare. You will come across a veritable parade of frankly shameful behavior by people who were either somewhat famous for something else (and either broke or greedy or exhibitionists or about-to-be has-beens or why are they doing this?) or, worse, have become famous just for behaving scandalously in front of the camera. And the shows make them all rich which gets them even more media... all because people like you and me watch them.

Illustration by Mark Wiener (1951-2012)

I used to think this is a culture of envy but now I see it as something deeper. They are standing in for the shamed part of each of us, their shouting, bullying and foul mouths are a lullaby, "It's all ok, I am bad too and I am rich and famous! The only sin is not having money, and as long as you can afford cable, I will lull you into submission on your sofa every night."

But is that your highest choice when surrounded by worldwide rampant poverty, racism, sexism exploitation and violence to people and nature? Will Donald Trump make an OK President because he has money? Does all the shame belong with the victims of exploiters and criminals, refugees, and the sick?

Of course not! And it does not belong with you either. We are giving these people a great deal of our money and power without a bit of healing going on for us or anybody else! To my art colleagues, yes, there is a parallel to this in the rampant idolatry of "Art Stars" and their makers, all based on a numbers game, that too many real creators allow to distract them from what is important.

This election and other world events are your wake-up call to become the change, And here is the perfect opportunity to let your selfish inner child play, because the first step in course correction here is making it all about you!

Davidji posted a great piece yesterday about letting go that started me on this train of thought. Check out that and try a meditation, it's the first best way to get in touch with the magic you were born with, before all the conditioning -- the real you! It's a big leap, letting go of our attachments to part of our self-image, but it's so worth it...

Wouldn't it be great to get off the couch and really change the world? And maybe, after along day of being a hero, settle in and watch some quality television for a change...

[Author's Note: Happy Birthday in Spirit, Mark. You loved the media hoopla but always knew when to stop! xox, L]

For a trial intuitive reading contact me at beauartsltd@gmail.com! Namaste...

Linda

We are stardust...
We are golden...
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden.
-Joni Mitchell
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Magic

Long story short, I have always believed in magic because my life depended on it, and because I knew – two separate beliefs, more later -- but call it Heaven, Nirvana, the Vortex, your Happy Place, we have all been there during these lives. The door is open all the time, it is the going through that has been blocked…mostly by ourselves!

We are all magic, we all arrived here on a burst of the same divine energy that saved me, and has been there for you so many times, whether you named it or not. Just because you are reading this, you know as well. A lifetime of persuasion to think like others - mainly for their own convenience -- makes us doubt what we know. (I doubt at times even though my experience proves to me that doubt is wrong!)

The most wonderful part of this adventure is that it all happens right now!

The Queen of Wands

My exploration of the Tarot began, significantly, at the end of my second decade. Having spent years living as Ms. Cheerleader/Honor Student by day and hanging out in literature by night, I was drawn to the rich tradition and timeless visual depth of the Rider-Waite Deck, which was painted by an amazing WOMAN artist, Pamela Colman Smith.

Cross legged on the floor, I found myself recoiling from one of the cards - the Queen of Wands. But I wanted, I needed, to LOVE each and every one of my cards, so I kept going back to her and worked at going deeper. Unknowingly, I was following the path of one of the greatest hearts and minds in history:

"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." -- Abraham Lincoln

In contemplation I realized, as you probably concluded several sentences ago and were telling me in you mind or even out loud, she is me. I even had the blessing of living for 15 years with a cat who looked like the little guy in the picture - his name was Beau, as in my email and blog address! Wands are a suit of fire, and I was reacting to a fear of fire from experience in this and prior lives - I can still smell out a nano-wisp of smoke from an active fire before anyone else.

On Tarot Reading:

Forget what you have seen in scary movies! Your fate is not determined by a flip of a card…

For decades I have cherished and studied my Rider-Waite deck painted by Pamela Colman-Smith. A session includes the reading of a an 11-card array, known as the Celtic Cross, plus 2 extra cards - they are the key. What we unlock is intuition – yours as well as mine – to receive guidance from Source and Spirit realms in collaboration with our own substantial wisdom.

The past is the past, we can own our truth and forgive at the same time. We predict no future because right now we magically create our experience and impact. The cards bring through the love and insight in this moment, from source, loved ones, and the spirit within you. Our lives are being created in this moment by how we experience and appreciate the wonder that is right now. From there, anything is possible.

Intuitive Guidance is sharing to bring you spiritual growth and joy in each moment, grounded in compassion for yourself, other beings, and the planet. Once you learn to listen to your own guidance, you are able to guide others in the same direction if you wish.

Please contact me for more info and a complimentary 1-card introduction!